Esophagogastric Fistula Caused by an Angelchik Antireflux Prosthesis

The Angelchik prosthesis is an antireflux device that was popular in the 1980s for treatment of refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We present a patient who developed a gastroesophageal fistula 17 years after Angelchik prosthesis placement. The incidence of late complications continue...

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Autores principales: Pence, Mark M., Hubbard, Mark, Singla, Manish B., Young, Patrick E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26203442
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.62
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description The Angelchik prosthesis is an antireflux device that was popular in the 1980s for treatment of refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We present a patient who developed a gastroesophageal fistula 17 years after Angelchik prosthesis placement. The incidence of late complications continues to grow, and clinicians should consider device malfunction in patients with history of Angelchik placement presenting with abdominal symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-45089442015-07-22 Esophagogastric Fistula Caused by an Angelchik Antireflux Prosthesis Pence, Mark M. Hubbard, Mark Singla, Manish B. Young, Patrick E. ACG Case Rep J Case Report The Angelchik prosthesis is an antireflux device that was popular in the 1980s for treatment of refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We present a patient who developed a gastroesophageal fistula 17 years after Angelchik prosthesis placement. The incidence of late complications continues to grow, and clinicians should consider device malfunction in patients with history of Angelchik placement presenting with abdominal symptoms. American College of Gastroenterology 2015-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4508944/ /pubmed/26203442 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.62 Text en Copyright © Pence et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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title_sort esophagogastric fistula caused by an angelchik antireflux prosthesis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508944/
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